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Additional authors

1. Trujillo, Raoul.
2. Novack, Cynthia Jean.
3. Astaire, Fred
4. Rogers, Ginger, 1911-1995
5. Beauvais, Richard.
6. Gerson, Kathleen.
7. Davis, Thomas R. A. H., 1917-
8. Enua, Tereapii.
9. Jonassen, Jon.
10. Kauraka, K.
11. Ingram, Takiora.
12. Crocombe, R. G.
13. Abdelaziz, Soumeya.
14. Chtatou, Mohamed.
15. Mernissi, Fatima.
16. Drissia, Halima.
17. Lagharissi, Sidi Muhamed.
18. Presley, Elvis, 1935-1977.
19. Venza, Jac.
20. Grauer, Rhoda.
21. Hovde, Ellen.
22. Meyer, Muffie.
23. Myers, Lora K.
24. Blumer, Ronald.

Description

1. 1 videocassette (U-matic, NTSC) (56 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences; 3/4 in.

Summary

1. Episode 3 of an eight-part documentary series exploring the ramifications of dance around the world. An examination of social dancing in the United States, the Cook Islands, and Morocco provides revelations on sex roles and social interaction, and reflects changing mores in each culture. Analyzing the American scene are Cynthia Novack, Richard Beauvais, and Kathleen Gerson. Sir Thomas Davis, Tereapii Enua, Jon Jonassen, Kauraka Kauraka, Takiora Ingram, and Ron Crocombe comment upon various aspects of dancing in the Cook Islands, including its historical focus on fertility, which was suppressed by 19th-century missionaries, its emphasis on group interaction, and the changes that have occurred with the growth of tourism. Moroccan dance is viewed in the light of Islamic strictures separating male and female spheres. Commentators are Soumeya Abdelaziz, Mohamed Chtatou, Fatima Mernissi, Halima Drissia, and Sidi Muhamed Lagharissi.

Series statement

1. Dancing, 3

Uniform title

1. Dancing (Television series)

Alternative title

1. Sex and social dance.

Subject

1. Dance > Study and teaching
2. Tourism and the arts
3. Dance > Cook Islands
4. Ballroom dancing > Study and teaching
5. Waltz (Dance)
6. Dance > Morocco
7. Twist (Dance)
8. Dance for children > Study and teaching
9. Social role
10. Disco dancing
11. Motion pictures > The gay divorcee
12. Television > Dancing
13. Dance > Polynesia
14. Sex role
15. Rock and roll dancing
16. Dance > Moral and ethical aspects
17. Ballroom dancing > History > 20th century

Contents

1. DANCE CONTENTS: Ballroom dancing, filmed at Lincoln Center Plaza, New York. -- Various ballroom dances (b&w). -- The gay divorcée: "Night and day" (b&w), perf. by Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. -- Ballroom dance lesson at a Fred Astaire franchised dance studio; students Jeffrey Wrightson and Grace Fowler are subsequently seen dancing at their wedding. -- Pride and prejudice: ballroom scene (b&w), perf. by Laurence Olivier, Greer Garson, and others. -- Children's ballroom dancing class, filmed in Connecticut. -- Dances by groups of children, boys, and women, filmed in the Cook Islands. -- Dances at an evening gathering, filmed in the Cook Islands. -- Women's dances at private gatherings, filmed in Morocco. -- Dances by professional female dancers and men at a Moroccan café. -- Various dances of the 1950s, including footage of Elvis Presley (b&w). -- The twist and other dances of the 1960s (b&w and color). -- Disco dancing of the 1990s. -- Moroccan boys dancing to pop music in the street. -- Disco dancing by men and women in Fez. -- Traditional and contemporary dancing at a Moroccan wedding. -- Dancing at a Christian worship service in the Cook Islands. -- Rehearsal and performance for a tourist show in the Cook Islands. -- Disco dancing in the Cook Islands. -- Ballroom dancing at Lincoln Center Plaza.

Call number

1. *MGZIC 9-4113

Note

1. Produced by Thirteen/WNET in association with RM Arts and BBC-TV. Created by Rhoda Grauer, executive producer. Producers/directors: Ellen Hovde and Muffie Meyer, Middlemarch Films, Inc. Director, performance programs: Jac Venza. Directors of photography: Christine Burrill, Tom Hurwitz, and Richard Lerner. Telescript: Lora K. Myers and Ronald Blumer. Story: Rhoda Grauer. Host/narrator: Raoul Trujillo.

Title

1. Dancing. Sex and social dance [videorecording]

Imprint

1. c1993.

Series

1. Dancing, 3

Local subject

1. Television. Dancing.

Local subject

1. Ballroom dancing -- Study and teaching.

Local subject

1. Motion pictures. The gay divorcee.

Added author

1. Trujillo, Raoul. Host. Narrator
2. Novack, Cynthia Jean. Commentator
3. Astaire, Fred, dancer.
4. Rogers, Ginger, 1911-1995, dancer.
5. Beauvais, Richard. Commentator
6. Gerson, Kathleen. Commentator
7. Davis, Thomas R. A. H., 1917- Commentator
8. Enua, Tereapii. Commentator
9. Jonassen, Jon. Commentator
10. Kauraka, K. Commentator
11. Ingram, Takiora. Commentator
12. Crocombe, R. G. Commentator
13. Abdelaziz, Soumeya. Commentator
14. Chtatou, Mohamed. Commentator
15. Mernissi, Fatima. Commentator
16. Drissia, Halima. Commentator
17. Lagharissi, Sidi Muhamed. Commentator
18. Presley, Elvis, 1935-1977. Performer
19. Venza, Jac. Director
20. Grauer, Rhoda. Producer
21. Hovde, Ellen. Producer
22. Hovde, Ellen. Director
23. Meyer, Muffie. Producer
24. Meyer, Muffie. Director
25. Myers, Lora K. Screenwriter
26. Blumer, Ronald. Screenwriter

Added title

1. Dancing (Television series)
2. Sex and social dance.

Research call number

1. *MGZIC 9-4113